Acting

2020

(7 episodes) as Miss Luma Lee Langston

2019

(1 episode) as Self - Guest

2014		How to Get Away with Murder (10 episodes) as Ophelia Harkness
2014		Madam Secretary (1 episode) as Flo Avery

2013

(3 episodes) as Doris Jones

2005

(1 episode)

2001

(1 episode) as Mrs. Maureen Parker (voice)

1999		Aftershock: Earthquake in New York (2 episodes) as Emily Lincoln
1999		Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1 episode) as Ondine Burdett

1998

(2 episodes) as Mama Flora

1995

(2 episodes) as Justice Gretchen Parkhurst

1994		Sweet Justice (22 episodes)
1994		Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All (2 episodes) as Castalia

1989

(1 episode)

1988

(1 episode) as Self - Guest

1978		A Woman Called Moses (2 episodes) as Harriet Ross Tubman
1978		King (3 episodes) as Coretta Scott King

1977

(1 episode) as Binta

1975		Saturday Night Live (1 episode) as Self - Host
1975		People's Choice Awards (1 episode) as Self - Presenter

1974

(1 episode) as Self

1973

(1 episode) as Self

1972

(1 episode) as Mrs. Johnson

1970

(1 episode) as Self

1969		The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1 episode) as Betty Kelly
1969		The Bill Cosby Show (1 episode) as Mildred Hermosa

1967		Cowboy in Africa (1 episode) as Julie Anderson
1967		Judd for the Defense (1 episode)

1966

(1 episode) as Alma Ross

1965

(1 episode) as Lainey Harber (1 episode) as Julie Harmon

1963

(26 episodes)

1962

(1 episode) as Self

1961

(5 episodes) as Self - Co-Host (2 episodes) as Self

1958

(1 episode) as Darlene Knox

1956

(1 episode) as Self - Co-Host (1 episode) as Self - Host

1955

(1 episode) as Rachel Biggs

1953

(2 episodes) as Self

1951

(1 episode) as Marva Collins